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Coworking Spaces in Japan: Nomad Cafes and Places Get Work Done The Perfect Environment for Productivity ☕ 💻
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Mnemonic Methods for Learning Japanese All the fastest ways to learn Japanese in one place
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Yokai - Japan's Supernatural Folktale Creatures All about Japan's hidden world of magical ghosts, ghouls, goblins, fairies, elves, and more

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Transitive and Intransitive Verbs in Japanese and How To Use Them Never mix them up again!
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Ristorante Massa: The Iron Chef Italian Restaurant Does Kōbe Masahiko’s restaurant cuisine reign supreme?
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Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden: Radical Reptiles and Gnarly Nanners Bananas are truly in trouble, and we must all come together to save them. If we don't, places like this will no longer exist, or it'll just be a bunch of alligators and nothing else.
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New Japanese Learning Resources: March 2018 This month's best tools to help you to learn Japanese
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Anata no Warehouse: A Fancy Arcade Modeled After a Very Not-Fancy Place A lot of time and effort went into making this place look dirty.
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Sushiya no Nohachi: Sushi Made from a Single Grain of Rice Arietty sneaks into this place and eats sushi every night
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Amano Freeze-Dry Station: Upscale Soup Shop If you think freeze-dried soup can’t be a luxury item, you’re wrong. Tokyo found a way.
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Chin Kenichi Mabodōfu Restaurant: One Dish, Seven Visits The Szechuan Sage tickled our tastebuds with the power of peppercorns
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New Japanese Learning Resources: January–February 2018 This month's best tools to help you to learn Japanese
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Chaos Room: A Kyoto Artist's Retaliation Against a Rule-Following Society No, this isn't the room where you raise your Chaos in Sonic Adventure.
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Bushitsu: An Elementary School Themed Coworking Space in Shimokitazawa Pretend like you're in elementary school while you work on your crushing adult responsibilities
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Base Point: A Tokyo Coworking Space in Busy Shinjuku Like a manga cafe, but fancier and you can work from it
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the SNACK: A Mysterious Tokyo Coworking Space in Ginza Ironically, they don't serve snacks
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&Roll Cafe: Food, Movies, & a Chill Place to Work Get some work done with a side of buttery curry
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Caffice: One of the Rare Tokyo Cafes That Encourages You to Work Cafe + Office = This Place
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The Best Japanese Textbooks, Reference Books, and Dictionaries for Beginners Minna, Busy People, Genki, From Zero. It’s like a Japanese textbook Justice League in here
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Genbudō Park: Hyogo's Five Famous Basalt Caves Five caves, a rock man, and an abandoned murder hotel
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Kinosaki Onsen Town: Relax in 7 Legendary Hot Springs Meet Gen-san, eat crabs, and watch fireworks in Hyōgo Prefecture
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Gundam Cafe Akihabara: A Place for Giant Robot Fans Peace is nothing but a result of food
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New Japanese Learning Resources: The Best of 2017 The year's best tools to help you learn Japanese!

Some of our curated content

Coworking Spaces in Japan: Nomad Cafes and Places Get Work Done The Perfect Environment for Productivity ☕ 💻

Mnemonic Methods for Learning Japanese All the fastest ways to learn Japanese in one place

Yokai - Japan's Supernatural Folktale Creatures All about Japan's hidden world of magical ghosts, ghouls, goblins, fairies, elves, and more

... or take a look at our most recent articles

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs in Japanese and How To Use Them Never mix them up again!

Ristorante Massa: The Iron Chef Italian Restaurant Does Kōbe Masahiko’s restaurant cuisine reign supreme?

Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden: Radical Reptiles and Gnarly Nanners Bananas are truly in trouble, and we must all come together to save them. If we don't, places like this will no longer exist, or it'll just be a bunch of alligators and nothing else.

New Japanese Learning Resources: March 2018 This month's best tools to help you to learn Japanese

Anata no Warehouse: A Fancy Arcade Modeled After a Very Not-Fancy Place A lot of time and effort went into making this place look dirty.

Sushiya no Nohachi: Sushi Made from a Single Grain of Rice Arietty sneaks into this place and eats sushi every night

Amano Freeze-Dry Station: Upscale Soup Shop If you think freeze-dried soup can’t be a luxury item, you’re wrong. Tokyo found a way.

Chin Kenichi Mabodōfu Restaurant: One Dish, Seven Visits The Szechuan Sage tickled our tastebuds with the power of peppercorns

New Japanese Learning Resources: January–February 2018 This month's best tools to help you to learn Japanese

Chaos Room: A Kyoto Artist's Retaliation Against a Rule-Following Society No, this isn't the room where you raise your Chaos in Sonic Adventure.

Bushitsu: An Elementary School Themed Coworking Space in Shimokitazawa Pretend like you're in elementary school while you work on your crushing adult responsibilities

Base Point: A Tokyo Coworking Space in Busy Shinjuku Like a manga cafe, but fancier and you can work from it

the SNACK: A Mysterious Tokyo Coworking Space in Ginza Ironically, they don't serve snacks

&Roll Cafe: Food, Movies, & a Chill Place to Work Get some work done with a side of buttery curry

Caffice: One of the Rare Tokyo Cafes That Encourages You to Work Cafe + Office = This Place

The Best Japanese Textbooks, Reference Books, and Dictionaries for Beginners Minna, Busy People, Genki, From Zero. It’s like a Japanese textbook Justice League in here

Genbudō Park: Hyogo's Five Famous Basalt Caves Five caves, a rock man, and an abandoned murder hotel

Kinosaki Onsen Town: Relax in 7 Legendary Hot Springs Meet Gen-san, eat crabs, and watch fireworks in Hyōgo Prefecture

Gundam Cafe Akihabara: A Place for Giant Robot Fans Peace is nothing but a result of food

New Japanese Learning Resources: The Best of 2017 The year's best tools to help you learn Japanese!